The letter, circulated by the anti-Trump group Protect Democracy and first reported on by the Washington Post’s Matt Zapotosky, is pretty
brutal. According to the former Justice Department officials, Trump’s actions as detailed by the Mueller report, which ranged from interference with
Mueller’s attempts to acquire cooperating witnesses to an attempt to fire Mueller, constitute severe inference with the federal inquiry. In fact,
they say, the question of whether there’s enough evidence to charge Trump isn’t even a particularly tough call. “All of this conduct — trying
to control and impede the investigation against the President by leveraging his authority over others — is similar to conduct we have seen charged
against other public officials and people in powerful positions,” the letter’s text says.

Mueller also made it clear that the investigation was hampered by several factors, including the fact that:

Several individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign lied to the Office, and to Congress, about their interactions with Russian-affiliated
individuals and related matters…

Some individuals invoked their Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination and were not, in the Office’s judgment, appropriate
candidates for grants of immunity…

Some of the information obtained via court process, moreover, was presumptively covered by legal privilege and was screened from investigators by a
filter (or “taint”) team…

[T]he Office faced practical limits on its ability to access relevant evidence as well—numerous witnesses and subjects lived abroad, and documents
were held outside the United States…

[T]he Office learned that some of the individuals we interviewed or whose conduct we investigated—including some associated with the Trump
Campaign—deleted relevant communications or communicated during the relevant period using applications that feature encryption or that do not
provide for long-term retention of data or communications records.

Therefore, the special counsel provided this qualification in their conclusion that there was not sufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy
between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.

Accordingly, while this report embodies factual and legal determinations that the Office believes to be accurate and complete to the greatest extent
possible, given these identified gaps, the Office cannot rule out the possibility that the unavailable information would shed additional light on (or
cast in a new light) the events described in the report.

Mueller also made it clear that the investigation was hampered by several factors, including the fact that:

Several individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign lied to the Office, and to Congress, about their interactions with Russian-affiliated
individuals and related matters…

Some individuals invoked their Fifth Amendment right against compelled self-incrimination and were not, in the Office’s judgment, appropriate
candidates for grants of immunity…

Some of the information obtained via court process, moreover, was presumptively covered by legal privilege and was screened from investigators by a
filter (or “taint”) team…

[T]he Office faced practical limits on its ability to access relevant evidence as well—numerous witnesses and subjects lived abroad, and documents
were held outside the United States…

[T]he Office learned that some of the individuals we interviewed or whose conduct we investigated—including some associated with the Trump
Campaign—deleted relevant communications or communicated during the relevant period using applications that feature encryption or that do not
provide for long-term retention of data or communications records.

Therefore, the special counsel provided this qualification in their conclusion that there was not sufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy
between the Russian government and the Trump campaign.

Accordingly, while this report embodies factual and legal determinations that the Office believes to be accurate and complete to the greatest extent
possible, given these identified gaps, the Office cannot rule out the possibility that the unavailable information would shed additional light on (or
cast in a new light) the events described in the report.

Don't you know? The new "Orange Man Bad" crime. He beat Hillary, the anointed one, and the person with the most damaging dirt on ALL of these people
to send them away for life. All those politicos are fearing for their lives and jobs now. They need to strike at him first.....jeesh.

1. The majority of the public is SICK as HELL of this Russia-gate nonsense. It turned out to NOT be true, so what is there to obstruct? He KNEW he was
innocent, and rode the line of ending the 'witch hunt'. This 'obstruction' crap will not change anything and blow over. It's a 'nothing burger' (hate
that term). But it is.

But don't you doubt that some MSM will hold onto that obstruction narrative as long as the can, because that is ALL they have. They kept saying he was
a Russian puppet. FALSE. So who can believe these morons in MSM. It's over. He is cleared. Time to move on.

2. As stated, the majority of the American people are sick of hearing about this, and the non-stop FAKE news from trash sites like Buzzfeed or Vox.
(Click-bait sites people actually take as serious media! lol) scary. I even ask people--and I meet MANY. From all walks of life. All races, dems and
repubs alike.

The one thing they have in common? They are SICK of all the BS fake news. (Many mentioned CNN as 'it's become a joke news channel' or 'Its not world
news anymore, its the hate trump network' and they watch other news like Fox! wow.. (This explains the ratings plummet CNN/MSNBC are seeing.)

3. If the dems keep this strategy in place throughout the election, Trump will win. (Extra votes from DEMS, due to them being sick and tired of the
lies told about Trump and the bashing.. so they will vote out of spite for Trump. MSM has sadly become a joke. Where is the world news?

I watch Tim Pool which is center left, and even HE mentions the left going crazy, and will backfire on them massively. I like to see news around the
world and around the USA, and sadly, only FOX or BBC actually shows more of that than any other site. Every time I switch to CNN or MSNBC, its a panel
or chat about how trump is a bad man, or impeach him--ad nauseam. And I am not a right-wing or left-wing. I am center. Always have been. I can see
through the BS since a young age. BOTH sides are playing the same game guys. you just have tribal names for each side which divides us. Some in DC
WANT that.

4. You see what AOC and her friend is doing--Any Dem candidate pushing socialism will fail big-time. NO ONE wants that--well, at least the majority do
not.

5. Biden will be near 80 in 2021. Same for Sanders. And the others have nothing to run on, because the economy is booming, and things are getting
better in many aspects of life!! What can they run on? If its "He's rude. He's mean, waaa" then they will look like fools.

I read both sides of the spectrum. (I ignore the far right and far left sites). But you should always check both sides. Sticking to one will keep you
in a bubble. Then you learn nothing. But keep a healthy BS meter always--for both sides. And Fact check the hell out of them.

6. If you see a headline about someone important, most people will simply see the title, and not read the story. In the reporting, read carefully and
see how they word things. and if its 'allegedly' or 'an anonymous source has said' are red flags, and if this story is important to you, go dig deeper
on the net for other sites. See if its true. Even if something is reported--these days wait 2 days before believing it as fact. MSM 'Journalists' have
become lazy. and it surely shows lately doesn't it?

Keep it up Democrats.. All what? 20+ people running? Hahaha.. crazy...

Generally speaking, to obtain and sustain an obstruction conviction, the government would need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that a
person, acting with corrupt intent, engaged in obstructive conduct with a sufficient nexus to a pending or contemplated proceeding. In cataloguing the
President’s actions, many of which took place in public view, the report identifies no actions that, in our judgment, constitute obstructive
conduct, had a nexus to a pending or contemplated proceeding, and were done with corrupt intent, each of which, under the Department’s principles of
federal prosecution guiding charging decisions, would need to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt to establish an obstruction-of-justice
offense.

If that's not what the man said, what was the crime...supposedly?? Maybe I missed it somewhere along the line over the past two years plus?

I would think, I do that sometimes, I'd have run across it at least once, maybe even twice?? Along with, of course, something along the lines
of evidence??

All I'm hearing is hearsay. All I'm hearing is "we must investigate further"...

When does enough finally become enough, or even too much?? Must admit, I'm getting somewhat tired of this whole dog and pony show...enough already.
Bring out the proof, impeach the man, put him on trial...

Or STFU, and get over the fact that the anointed one, a/k/a Hillary Clinton, lost...and find a better candidate.

At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of
justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this
report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.

Fortunately Mueller, those ex prosecutors, the Democrats or the media I have the power to charge Trump just Barr. There’s one thing a lot of
people don’t mention. It’s that Rod Rosenstein was in on the decision too.

I’ve been looking into obstruction of justice concerning Comey.

But I’d be willing to bet they can’t use obstruction in the comey firing.

Due to lack of response I’m trying to decide whether I’ll start one tomorrow or go post on the other site.

Geeze the media has you liberals undivided attention,but then again a liberal will spin an idea as truth with no truth in it,try turning your boob
tube off and search for true sources so you don't have to make stupid posts

Sure... Trump had to employ tactics that may have crossed the 'Obstruction-of-Justice' boundary....

but look at the unlawful 'Weaponization' of groups of Agents in Justice/Intel/DHS/FBI, installed by a determined Administration to Spy on a
Presidential Candidate and then engage in sabotaging the policies of that honestly elected Administration so that the National Security was
Jeopardized...

the illegal acts of an on-going Coup needed stopped at once ---if it takes some degree of 'Obstruction' to thwart these illegal acts, by
dangerous 'Bad Actors'... then So Be It… hang the scoundrels ASAP

once the conspirators/collaborators in the Progressive/Democrat/Radical Left broke the rules & Laws by active Sedition Acts, and engaging in a Coup to
destabilize the Trump Administration and Executive Office---- Then They have willfully Negated the Protection afforded them & their Acts under the
'Obstruction-of-Justice' Rules of Laws

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